Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Late at night, Emlyn White returned home after a day's work, washed up and lay down on the bed.
As the senior deacon of the Church of Mother Earth in Backlund and a clergyman in charge of vampire affairs, the burden on him is not light at all.

After all, the Steam Church had just completely withdrawn from the Kingdom of Loen. Although the Church of Fools had been tacitly approved by the Church of Night and the Church of Storm and could replace the position of the Steam Church, they were now mainly preaching in the overseas Rorsted Islands and could not spare the energy and manpower to preach in the Kingdom of Loen in a short period of time.

The Church of Fools has no energy to preach, and the Church of Night and the Church of Storms have the entire Feysac Empire to digest, and they are not in a hurry to expand their influence in the Kingdom of Loen. Therefore, the hinterland of the Kingdom of Loen is now a vast blue ocean for the Church of the Mother Earth!

Now is the rising period of the missionary work of the Church of Mother Earth. Every day, an endless stream of people come to the Harvest Church to pray. This also makes the vampires who work part-time in the Harvest Church very busy. They have to stay in the church all day long, acting as temporary priests to answer the questions of the believers.

But even so, the number of people coming to pray was still too great to accommodate. So Emlyn was recently working with the Steam Church, planning to buy their church from the Church of Steam and transform it into the Church of the Mother Earth.

Of course, the original architectural style of these churches is incompatible with the Earth Mother Church, and they need to be redesigned and rebuilt. But this is not a difficult task, because Emlyn and the World have mentioned this matter, hoping to renovate these former Steam Church churches by making a wish, and Mr. World has expressed his strong support.

After all, the current Church of Mother Earth and the Church of Fools can definitely be called ironclad allies, and the 'world' doesn't mind helping out a little.

After all, the Church of Mother Earth also made a lot of efforts in the missionary work of the Church of Fools. For example, the food that the Church of Fools used to win people's hearts was all bought from the Church of Mother Earth at a low price. It was a mutually beneficial relationship.

But this has caused Emlyn's recent schedule to become increasingly shady. As a vampire, he should be active at night and active during the day, but the reality is just the opposite. He has been active during the day and active at night like humans recently.

But fortunately, Emlyn is already a demigod, and the inverted schedule will not affect his energy. In fact, at the level of a demigod, he will not be affected even if he does not sleep for several months in a row. The main reason why he insists on sleeping every day is to enter the dream world.

After all, although believers would not go to church to pray in the middle of the night, Emlyn could not sit idle.

He was only a Sequence 4 Earl, and he still had a lot of room for improvement. So every night, as usual, he would enter the dream world through sleep, challenge the bosses in the dream to exercise his practical experience. And if he could successfully defeat the various bosses in the dream, the 'soul' he obtained could also help him digest the potion.

Emlyn is not the World, so he cannot speed through the Dream World. He has only just reached Salivan, and is a bit stuck. For the past two months, he has been stuck at the gate of Salivan, and even with the strategy provided by the World, he cannot pass it.

Emlyn didn't think he was too weak, it was mainly because Sullivan was too strong! Because in Emlyn's eyes, this Pope had the strength comparable to that of a Sequence 2, how could a Sequence 4 like him defeat him?

That's a Sequence 2 angel! An existence on the same level as Grand Duke Olmer.

Even though the 'BOSS' in the dream world generally lacks intelligence and cannot fully exert the strength of Sequence 2, and can only mechanically repeat those fixed Beyonder abilities, it is still not something Emlyn can easily deal with - if he wants to kill Salivan, he must wear down Salivan's skin bit by bit, and Salivan only needs one strike to kill him.

Sullivan can make countless mistakes, but Emlyn can only make one mistake, and he obviously can't complete the level with one life.

Emlyn was not discouraged by this. After all, Sullivan was an angel. If he could be defeated so easily, could he still be called an angel?

Although the Fran Undead Squad he defeated before also had angel-level strength, the situation was completely different from the current one.

On the one hand, it was because any member of the Fran Undead Squad only had the strength of Sequence 3. Only when they shared the wolf blood and united together could they be considered a complete Sequence 2 angel.

In Emlyn's understanding, this was somewhat similar to the Beyonders of the Red Priest Path. The former Red Legion of War was under the command of the Red Angel Medici. A Sequence 3 Demigod could also exert the strength equivalent to that of a Sequence 2 Angel.

On the other hand, the Fran Undead Team Emlyn encountered had already been killing each other under the erosion of the Abyss. When Emlyn saw the Fran Undead Team, he only saw corpses all over the ground. The only ones who really appeared in front of him were three half-crippled Fran Undead Team members. Even these three members were hostile to each other because of the erosion of the Abyss, and it was difficult for them to even exert their Sequence 3 strength.

As for Overlord Vornir, although He also has the strength of an angel, He knows that He is not only a Sequence 2, but is likely a Sequence 1 angel. But He is bound by the abyss after all, and the strength He can exert is extremely limited. And as long as His three bracelets are broken, Vornir will be dragged into the abyss, and there is no need to actually defeat Him.

Only Pope Sullivan whom we meet now is a real angel!

Tonight, Emlyn regrouped and decided to challenge Shalivan again. In the past two months, Emlyn had gradually understood the Pope's attack methods and had mastered some of the rules. It would not be long before he could successfully kill a Sequence 2 Angel!
Thinking of this, Emlyn couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Even though it was just a dream, that was a genuine Sequence 2 Angel!
However, when Emlyn finally fell asleep and entered the familiar yet strange dream world, he suddenly found that the situation was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Originally, he was supposed to be "resurrected" in the Church of Yurshika in Irithyll, and then kill the enemies he met along the way, go through untold hardships to reach the door of Pope Salivan, and finally die at Salivan's hands.

But when he regained consciousness, he found that he was no longer in Irithyll.

He couldn't even sense his own body, couldn't move or speak.

It was pitch black all around, without a single ray of light. Emlyn even suspected for a moment that an angel was targeting him!
But this darkness did not last long. A warm and bright firelight shone in the darkness, bringing a ray of hope. His "body", or rather his sight, followed it and came into the "firelight".

Finally, he saw a silver knight in the dark firelight.

He had killed the Silver Knight many times in Irithyll, and even had to kill one every time he was resurrected.

Because I have to say, the Silver Knight's armor is really cool.

The dream world is not reality. It does not mean that all equipment will drop by killing the enemy. Instead, there is a probability.

The dropped equipment will be placed on the person in the dream world, but the 'soul' can also be used to materialize the equipment into reality. The reason why Emlyn repeatedly kills the Silver Knight is to collect a set of Silver Knight armor, and then spend the 'soul' to materialize the armor into reality.

According to Emlyn's judgment, the Silver Knight's armor is not only handsome, but can also be used as a sealed item without side effects in reality, and is worth exchanging for a certain amount of souls.

However, Emlyn's intuition told him that the Silver Knight he saw here was fundamentally different from the Silver Knight of Irithyll.

At first, Emlyn was a little confused as to why he had such an idea, but he soon found out the answer - as his 'sight' moved forward, he finally saw more of the scene in the firelight. It was not just one Silver Knight, but an entire army of Silver Knights!
They lined up neatly in the darkness. At the front of the formation stood a tall figure, holding a burning flame in his hand - that was the only source of light in the darkness!
Emlyn didn't recognize the man, and couldn't even see his appearance clearly.

But he had a clear idea in his mind—that person was Gwyn, the Sun King!
And what is happening now is the "swearing-in ceremony" before the Sun King Gwyn leads the Silver Knights to fight the ancient dragons!
Such a thought came out of nowhere, but Emlyn had no doubt about it, and instead became more and more immersed in it. His perspective followed Gwyn, and followed the Silver Knight to the battlefield. The immortal ancient dragon soared in the sky, roaring and releasing its anger at the Silver Knight who dared to provoke him.

Under the leadership of Gwyn, the Sun King, the Silver Knights used spears of sunlight to shoot down the masters of the sky one by one!

Although the Silver Knights also suffered heavy losses, the war ended with the victory of Sun King Gwyn. The Immortal Ancient Dragons withdrew from the stage of history, but their descendants, the mixed-blood dragons, are still active in various parts of the world.

From then on, the Age of Fire officially began.

The world is thriving, life is flourishing, and everything is getting better.

At this moment, Emlyn's heart suddenly burst out with infinite passion!
He followed Gwyn's perspective and witnessed the rise of the gods, the fall of the ancient dragons, and the prosperity of the Age of Fire. He even saw the end of it all in advance - the Age of Fire would end, and the world would fall into darkness, thus ushering in the first era of mankind's struggle for survival, the Age of Chaos!

This is the history of this world, this is the truth of the 'Creator'!

This thought took root in Emlyn's heart like a seed, making him believe it all without a doubt. He firmly believed that this was the truth of the world. He couldn't even find any reason to doubt it.

Even though he had already come into contact with everything in the dream world, even though he already knew that all of this was the plot of gods like The Fool and The Lovers, even though he was a Sequence 4 demigod, he was still deeply trapped in the dream and couldn't extricate himself!

Finally, I don’t know how long it took.

He woke up from his sleep, and the bright sunlight shone on Emlyn through the gap in the curtains, making him frown.

Even though he was a demigod, and even though he had to work outside all day, he still didn't like the sun.

This is engraved in the blood clan's bones.

He walked out of the room and looked at the clock on the living room wall. It was six thirty in the morning.

The sunlight today obviously came a little abruptly, because sunlight is a luxury in Backlund, especially in winter.

Emlyn frowned slightly. Last night's dream made him realize something, so he now needed to confirm his guess.

When he left the room, the luxurious four-wheeled carriage purchased for him by the vampires had already stopped in front of the door, and the coachman had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. White." The driver bowed his head respectfully.

Emlyn boarded the carriage and said:
“Go to Harvest Church.”

The driver did not question it at all and immediately drove the carriage to the Harvest Church in the south area of ​​the bridge.

When the carriage arrived at Rose Street, Emlyn couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked into the church impatiently.

He found that other vampires had already arrived here. They were whispering about something with different expressions.

When they spotted Emlyn, they stood up one after another after reminding each other and greeted him in a disjointed manner:
"Good morning, Your Excellency the Earl."

"Your Excellency."

Emlyn nodded slightly, and then asked:
"Did you have any dreams last night?"

"This……"

Cassimm, Ounes and other vampires looked at each other with some doubt in their eyes. Finally, Cassimm came forward and explained:
"Yes, Lord Earl. We both had the same dream last night. It was a scene of 'Sun King' Gwyn leading the Silver Knights to conquer the ancient dragons."

After a pause, Kasimir added:
"To be precise, we, the vampires who were summoned by Duke Olmer, had the same dream. I asked the servants before I came here, and they also had a dream, but the dream was about the First Flame, which was the scene we saw when we first entered the dream world."

Emlyn White's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked calmly:
"Do you think that's real?"

Casimi looked strange, as if he was a little confused as to why he asked that, but he still answered:
"Of course, that is the true history of the Zeroth Era, which is recorded in both our blood race and the sacred text of Mother Earth. We are just a little confused as to why we suddenly dreamed of this scene. I wonder if His Excellency the Count knows the reason?"

"really."

Emlyn's mind moved, and he realized that all this was just as he had guessed!
In the dream, he, like Cassimir and the others, had no doubts about that period of history. But once he returned to reality, he immediately found something wrong - because he knew that all this was planned by Mr. Fool and Mr. Lover, and that period of "history" had only recently been forcibly inserted into the scriptures of various religions. Although he would not question it, how could he easily believe that it was the real history?

Not only him, but also Casimi and others had entered the dream world. Even though they did not dare to deny that it was real history, they would not easily believe it - at least that was the case before yesterday.

But after last night's dream, they have firmly believed it all. This is definitely not something that can be explained by coincidence!

Perhaps last night’s dream was deepening people’s memory of that period of history, and it wasn’t just them who were dreaming, but people all over the world!
Emlyn didn't know how this was done, but he knew it was just the beginning.